Sunday, March 16, 2014

And the Red Dot winners for 2013-2014 are......

The 2013-2014 Red Dot Book Awards- with over 6,000 votes from 13 schools cast in total over the four categories. Below are the Singapore-wide winners.Early Years:

1st place: Extra Yarn

2nd place: 99 Tadpoles

3rd place: Too Many Elephants

Younger Readers:

1st place: Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong

2nd place: Fortunately the Milk

3rd place: Zita the Spacegirl

Older Readers:

1st place: Itch

2nd place: Flora & Ulysses

3rd place: The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

Mature Readers:

1st place: 172 Hours on the Moon

2nd place: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

3rd place: Boxers and Saints

For
schools that had students submit votes via the online voting form, I
have sent you each an email telling you what the top three books in each
category were for your school. (Those of you who submitted only block
votes to me for tallying already know your own winners.)

The Readers Cup competition
(based on a subset of the Red Dot shortlists) will be held May 22nd at the Canadian International School, Lakeside Campus. The competition booklists will be
announced within the next few days.